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Title: The Glass Ocean

Author: Lori Baker

Narrator: Cat Gould

Format: Unabridged

Length: 11 hrs and 7 mins

Language: English

Release date: 08-01-13

Publisher: Blackstone Audio, Inc.

Ratings: 2.5 of 5 out of 2 votes

Genres: Fiction, Historical

Publisher's Summary:

A story of love, art, and obsession in Victorian England from debut novelist Lori Baker.

The Glass Ocean is a story of becoming. Flame-haired, six-foot-two in stocking feet, newly orphaned Carlotta Dell'oro recounts the lives of her parents - solitary glassmaker Leopoldo Dell'oro and beautiful, unreachable Clotilde Girard - and discovers in their loves and losses, their omissions and obsessions, the circumstances of her abandonment and the weight of her inheritance. With a master artisan's patience and exquisite craft, debut novelist Lori Baker has created a gemlike Victorian world, a place where mistakes of the past reappear in the future, art can destroy, and family is not to be trusted.

Leopoldo and Clotilde meet in 1841 aboard the Narcissus, on an expedition led by Clotilde's magnanimous, adventuring father. It's Leopoldo's task to document the animals of the high sea, and by his skilled hand the drawings become the only record of these secretive creatures' existence. But what possesses his mind is golden Clotilde, and soon his papers fill with images of her, beginning a devotion that will prove inescapable.

Members Reviews:

Has to be the worst book I ever read

Why do new authors insist on starting every book with 100 pages of descriptions, such has 2 pages of descriptions of the ocean. Having to get thru all of this was torture. This book is so "wordy" that it puts you off. I enjoy books and read every night, getting thru one page was like being stuck in the mud, one thought goes on and on and on and on. Like spinning your wheels read this book.

A New Discourse Emerges in the First Novel of the 21st Century to Set a Precedent.

This is the great novel of the 21st century. I picked it up and read it because Thomas Pynchon reviewed it so admirably. Pynchon never writes reviews or praises so this was a rare occurrence for him. After the first few pages I was ready to quit. Her prose is lush and exquisite but I no longer look for that. I kept on. And then it revealed itself to me for what it is. A novel fully in command of continental philosophy, and another DISCOURSE to write in, speak in, think in. TIME is folded around and it spirals back, forward, and creating the loss of linear time, the loss of continuous, progressive, historic time. At last. It is a falling into another way of seeing and telling a story. I do not expect anyone who is not well read to really appreciate it. Start with Foucault, Baudrillard for your prep work. It is gorgeous.

The workings of glass to meet an obsession

(2.5 stars) This story is told by Carlotta, after becoming an orphan, and tells the troubled lives of her parents. Her father, Leopoldo, is an artist, and meets his future wife on board an expedition to find new sea creatures, fragile lives that must be captured on paper quickly. Clotilde, worships her father, and has little use for Leopoldo, but circumstances throw them together and they end up married, but in a strained relationship. Leopoldo takes up work in a glassmaking shop, while his wife finds the charms of the owner and his money hard to resist. Leopoldo becomes obsessed with trying to capture his sea creatures in glass, and in doing so drifts apart from his wife even more so. The author does capture the dark, brooding atmosphere of Victorian England, but her characters are difficult and do not inspire empathy.

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Title: Dark Road Home

Subtitle: Edge of Freedom, Book 2

Author: Elizabeth Ludwig

Narrator: Eleni Pappageorge

Format: Unabridged

Length: 9 hrs and 22 mins

Language: English

Release date: 08-01-13

Publisher: Oasis Audio

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 16 votes

Genres: Fiction, Historical

Publisher's Summary:

The nightmares of her past have found Ana Kavanagh an ocean away.

Ana Kavanagh's memories of Ireland are mostly of fire and pain. As a girl she survived a blaze that left her an orphan, left her scarred, and left her angry at God. Now in New York, Ana finds a kindred spirit in Eoghan Hamilton, who's struggling with his own anger. His twin sister, Cara, betrayed him by falling in love with his enemy.

Cast aside by everyone, Eoghan hopes to rejoin the Fenians, an organization pushing for change back in Ireland, by securing information against Rourke, the man his sister married. Ana, Cara's friend, may be his best source, and despite the attraction he feels, Eoghan determines to use the girl's sweet nature to his advantage.

Adding to the danger is a specter from Eoghan's own past, one whose thirst for vengeance knows no bounds. Eoghan must choose which road to follow - bitterness or forgiveness - and where to finally place his trust.

Members Reviews:

I love this story with our Irish ancestors!!

Great story with history, intrigue, and God's love. Hope book 3 comes out in audio with the same narrator.

Second in the series- A+

My family is historically Irish, so these stories of legal immigrants is fascinating to me. Good character development. I now enjoy audible books:). I can do many routine things while listening... Thus the mundane is more fun.

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Title: The Trouble with Scarlett

Subtitle: Garden of Allah, Book 2

Author: Martin Turnbull

Narrator: John C. Zak

Format: Unabridged

Length: 11 hrs and 46 mins

Language: English

Release date: 07-29-13

Publisher: Martin Turnbull

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 14 votes

Genres: Fiction, Historical

Publisher's Summary:

Summer, 1936: Gone with the Wind, Margaret Mitchell's first novel, takes the world by storm. Everyone in Hollywood knows Civil War pictures don't make a dime, but renegade producer David O. Selznick snaps up the movie rights and suddenly America has just one question: Who will play Scarlett O'Hara?

When Gwendolyn Brick gets her hands on the book, the clouds part and the angels sing the Hallelujah Chorus. Only a real Southern belle can play Scarlett - and didn't her mama raise her on stories of Sherman's march and those damned Yankees? She's going to have to stand out bigger than a hoop skirt at a Twelve Oaks barbeque to win that role.

Marcus Adler is the golden boy of Cosmopolitan Pictures, the studio William Randolph Hearst started for his mistress, Marion Davies. When Marcus' screenplay becomes Davies' first hit, he's invited to Hearst Castle for the weekend. The kid who was kicked out of Pennsylvania gets to rub shoulders with Myrna Loy, Winston Churchill, and Katharine Hepburn - but when the trip turns fiasco, he starts sinking fast. He needs a new story, real big and real soon.

When Selznick asks George Cukor to direct Gone with the Wind, it's the scoop of the year for Kathryn Massey, the Hollywood Reporter's newest columnist. But dare she publish it?

The Trouble with Scarlett is the second in Martin Turnbull's series of historical novels set during Hollywood's golden age.

Members Reviews:

TROUBLE WITH SCARLETT: ALLAH 2

What made the experience of listening to The Trouble with Scarlett the most enjoyable?

I liked the way the author incorporates the characters into the making of the movie.

What did you like best about this story?

The scene in the restaurant with Louella.

Have you listened to any of John C. Zaks other performances before? How does this one compare?

Yes, book number 1. He's awesome!

If you could take any character from The Trouble with Scarlett out to dinner, who would it be and why?

Catherine, I think she has the most substance, and would be an interesting conversationalist.

Any additional comments?

ALLAH BOOKS- SO FAR SO GOOD!!! I JUST DOWNLOADED BOOK 3

Disappointing

What could have made this a 4 or 5-star listening experience for you?

Had high hopes for this, but I had to stop listening about halfway through. Between John C. Zak's wooden narration and Turnbull's often awkward writing, it just didn't work for me.

What was most disappointing about Martin Turnbulls story?

The writing is often awkward; Turnbull uses strange metaphors and passive verb forms too often. Factual errors were also a problem. For instance, one character went to a end of Prohibition party with Errol Flynn. But Prohibition ended in 1933 and Flynn didn't come to Hollywood until 1934. Makes me wonder if this book was edited at all.

How could the performance have been better?

John C. Zak's delivery is wooden; that's bad enough, but he also can't pronounce words like 'foyer' and 'segue'. Really?

What character would you cut from The Trouble with Scarlett?

So many.

Any additional comments?

Very disappointing.

Excellent!

Excellent trilogy. The author is my new favorite. The narrator deserves awards. I can't wait to start the final book in about three minutes.

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Title: Rutherford Park

Subtitle: A Novel

Author: Elizabeth Cooke

Narrator: Elizabeth Sastre

Format: Unabridged

Length: 11 hrs and 10 mins

Language: English

Release date: 07-02-13

Publisher: Penguin Audio

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 32 votes

Genres: Fiction, Historical

Publisher's Summary:

Snow had fallen in the night, and now the great house, standing at the head of the valley, seemed like a five-hundred-year old ship sailing in a white ocean....

For the Cavendish family, Rutherford Park is much more than a place to call home. It is a way of life marked by rigid rules and lavish rewards, governed by unspoken desires....

Lady of the house Octavia Cavendish lives like a bird in a gilded cage. With her familys fortune, her husband, William, has made significant additions to the estate, but he too feels bound - by the obligations of his title as well as his vows. Their son, Harry, is expected to follow in his footsteps, but the boy has dreams of his own, like pursuing the new adventure of aerial flight. Meanwhile, below stairs, a housemaid named Emily holds a secret that could undo the Cavendish name.

On Christmas Eve 1913, Octavia catches a glimpse of her husband in an intimate moment with his beautiful and scandalous distant cousin. She then spies the housemaid Emily out in the snow, walking toward the river, about to make her own secret known to the world. As the clouds of war gather on the horizon, an epic tale of longing and betrayal is about to unfold at Rutherford Park....

Members Reviews:

A Lovely Fix

This book and the other two in the series provide effective treatment for persons such as I who suffer from DAAS (Downton Abbey Addiction Syndrom). It is charming, entertaining, well paced and very well written. It uses the interplay of upstairs and downstairs lives very effectively. It is set in the same period as Downton Abbey when the foundations of traditional culture are about to be fractured by the great war.

Rutherford Park

I felt lost a time or two while reading this book. Overall it was quite interesting. Yet another bit of insight to the lives upstairs and all the rules to be lived by and the strict rules of downstairs. With the impact of war, life upstairs and downstairs was changing. Life was filled with uncertainty and hope as traditions began to crumble and expectations changed.

Excellent Read. All three books well written.

Thoroughly enjoyed all books of this trilogy, this being the last one. I was sorry to see it end. Thoroughly depicts life of the upper and lower classes in this historical period, the manor house and village, its people, as well as a very interesting depiction of World War One.

Does Not Live Up to Its Hype

Being set in the same time period as Downton Abbey does not make a book similar to it or even appealing to readers who like good writing. The prose is laborious and the plot so predictable, you knew what was going to happen pages before it did.

Stopped at page 50. No need to keep burdening myself.

Predictable

Thought this was okay - rather predictable and seems the story line is the same as many other books = was looking for a good read with lots of depth that I saw on the TV series - Upstairs/Downstairs

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Title: Treason's Harbour

Subtitle: Aubrey-Maturin Series, Book 9

Author: Patrick O'Brian

Narrator: Ric Jerrom

Format: Unabridged

Length: 12 hrs and 32 mins

Language: English

Release date: 03-01-13

Publisher: Audible Studios

Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 18 votes

Genres: Fiction, Historical

Publisher's Summary:

While Captain Aubrey worries about repairs to his ship, Stephen Maturin assumes the centre stage; for the dockyards and salons of Malta are alive with Napoleon's agents, and the admiralty's intelligence network is compromised.

Maturin's cunning is the sole bulwark against sabotage of Aubrey's daring mission. All of Patrick O'Brian's strengths are on parade in this novel of action and intrigue, set partly in Malta, partly in the treacherous, pirate-infested waters of the Red Sea.

Members Reviews:

another great action

As I finish each of these unabridged versions of the Aubrey Maturin novels I am delighted to find another waiting in the wings.Ric Jerroms easy style and fabulous narration is a joy to listen to.He has for me captured the very essence of Jack Aubrey and the Eminent Stephen Maturin.I am only delighted extremely to move on to "The far side of the world" now waiting in my library.

Excellent!

If you are listening to the series you will not be disappointed! love the series!

another masterclass in historical fiction

Jack and Stephen once again take to the sea to avoid troubles on land. However political machinations within the British intelligence service begin to unravel Jack's mission and start a train of events leading to danger and compromise.

Another entertaining instalment

More of the same from O'Brian, with yard-arms and missen top-masts aplenty. Ends rather abruptly, no doubt setting up for a good scrap in the next book

good books

never a let down, love all these books so far and will keep loving the rest I'm sure

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Title: The Wanting

Subtitle: A Novel

Author: Michael Lavigne

Narrator: Robert Fass, Cassandra Campbell, Neil Shah

Format: Unabridged

Length: 12 hrs and 36 mins

Language: English

Release date: 02-26-13

Publisher: Blackstone Audio, Inc.

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 5 votes

Genres: Fiction, Historical

Publisher's Summary:

From the author of Not Me, this powerful novel of an Israeli father and daughter brings to life a rich canvas of events and unexpected change in the aftermath of a suicide bombing.

In the captivating opening of this novel, the celebrated Russian-born modern architect Roman Guttman is injured in a bus bombing; his life and perceptions become heightened and disturbed, leading him on an ill-advised journey into the desert and Palestinian territory. Romans odyssey alternates with the vivacious, bittersweet diary of his 13-year-old daughter Anyusha - on her own perilous path, of which Roman is ignorant - and the startlingly alive observations of Amir, the young Palestinian who pushed the button and is now damned to watch the havoc he has wrought from a shaky beyond. Enriched also by flashbacks to the alluring, sad tale of Anyushas mother, a Russian refusenik who died for her beliefs, this novel becomes a poignant study of the costs of extremism, but it is most satisfying as a story of characters enmeshed in their imperfect love for one another and for the heartbreakingly complex world in which all such love is wrought.

Critic Reviews:

"Lavignes second novel confronts the moral questions surrounding religious extremism and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. [His] heartfelt examination offers what reportage never could: an intensely intimate and humane depiction of the forces that unite and powerfully divide this region and its people." (Publishers Weekly)

Members Reviews:

Best book I've read all year

If there is a better, more deeply felt book out there than "The Wanting," I'd like to know about it. Lavigne's first book, "Not Me," was great. This is even better. As others have pointed out, it is beautifully written...I found myself rereading some passages a second time just to revel in the language. In a nutshell, this is a book about the hopelessness and senselessness of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict; but it is more than that. It combines recent and current history with a bit of magical realism to tell the story from three points of view: that of the protagonist, a Russian-born man who lives in Israel; his teenaged daughter, as she writes in her journal; and the POV of a Palestinian young man who has become a terrorist. The fact that the Palestinian is dead as he relates his story might seem strange, but trust me, it works. Toward the end are several surprises that propel the story to its inevitable conclusion, and it left me thinking about the Middle East conflict long after I finished the last troubling paragraph. This is a story that could turn into melodrama and preachiness, but it does not. The writing, for all its lyrical beauty, is--if anything--understated. But the message is clear, although I suspect the author is resigned to the sad fact that few will listen.

Nothing Wanting about The Wanting

Read Michael Lavigne's new novel, The Wanting, an engaging, fanciful (in its way) treatment of the development of a Palestinian suicide bomber in Israel.

Amir, one of the many Jerusalem Bombers that we are all too complacent about today, a fictional anti-hero, wears an expensive suit, carries an expensive brief case. He blows himself up, takes others along.

Wanting is the essence of a terrorist. Wanting. Dissatisfied. Told in three voices, Lavigne is master of first person.

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Title: Boxer, Beetle

Author: Ned Beauman

Narrator: Robert Sams

Format: Unabridged

Length: 8 hrs and 15 mins

Language: English

Release date: 02-26-13

Publisher: Audible Studios for Bloomsbury

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 4 votes

Genres: Fiction, Historical

Publisher's Summary:

Kevin "Fishy" Broom has his nickname for a reason - a rare genetic condition that makes his sweat and other bodily excretions smell markedly like rotting fish. Consequently, he rarely ventures out of the London apartment where he deals online in Nazi memorabilia. But when Fishy stumbles upon a crime scene, he finds himself on the long-cold trail of a pair of small-time players in interwar British history. First, there's Philip Erskine, a fascist gentleman entomologist who dreams of breeding an indomitable beetle as tribute to Reich Chancellor Hitler's glory, all the while aspiring to arguably more sinister projects in human eugenics. And then there's Seth "Sinner" Roach, a homosexual Jewish boxer, nine-toed, runtish, brutish - but perfect in his way - who becomes an object of obsession for Erskine, professionally and most decidedly otherwise. What became of the boxer? What became of the beetle? And what will become of anyone who dares to unearth the answers?

First-time novelist Ned Beauman spins out a dazzling narrative across decades and continents, weaving his manic fiction through the back alleys of history. Boxer, Beetle is a remarkably assured, wildly enjoyable debut.

Members Reviews:

Great book--with a *terrible* narrator

Robert Sams reads this book sounding almost like a computer-generated voice--with little variation of tone and clearly NO idea what he's saying. Since I'm whispersyncing with a Kindle copy, I can tell you that this novel is filled with hilarious characters and biting social commentary, but he misses the point entirely! I had to stop sometimes and think through the words to get the joke or even just to get the meaning. Sams has no interest in this book and should really be replaced with a reader who will deign to make it comprehensible. BOO!

The characters are almost all British--why didn't they get an English actor to read it?

Engaging

Where does Boxer, Beetle rank among all the audiobooks youve listened to so far?

about the middle. I prefer really long books and this is fairly short

What was one of the most memorable moments of Boxer, Beetle?

the beetles. totally cool.

Which character as performed by Robert Sams was your favorite?

the boxer

Who was the most memorable character of Boxer, Beetle and why?

the boxer. a sociopath with a penchant for directness. he cuts to the chase

Any additional comments?

an odd book for a Austin fan, but it was engaging

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Title: Falstaff

Subtitle: A Novel

Author: Robert Nye

Narrator: John Lee

Format: Unabridged

Length: 16 hrs and 35 mins

Language: English

Release date: 02-23-13

Publisher: Audible Studios

Ratings: 1 of 5 out of 1 votes

Genres: Fiction, Historical

Publisher's Summary:

First published in England in 1976 and long awaited by American fans of Nye's Mrs. Shakespeare: The Complete Works and The Late Mr. Shakespeare, this unabashedly bawdy and outrageously raunchy winner of the Hawthornden Prize and Guardian Fiction Prize is a takeoff on such classic literary erotica as Fielding's Tom Jones and Cleland's Fanny Hill. The novel unfolds as the true-life memoirs of one of the Immortal Bard's most memorable characters, the feckless soldier of fortune Falstaff, aka Sir John Fastolf, based upon a real-life knight reputed to be cowardly.

Dictated to various household secretaries as he is nearing death, at age 81, Falstaff's fictional memoir opens with the extravagant claim that he was conceived under a fig tree planted on the phallus of the legendary figure of the giant of Cerne carved into the chalk hillside near Cerne Abbas in Dorset. Now an octogenarian, the old rooster gleefully crows about the size of his own member and a sexual dalliance with his 15-year-old niece. Graphically chronicling seven decades of debauchery, Nye revisits Shakespeare's Henry IV, Part I depiction of Falstaff as the father figure for young Prince Hal (soon to become Henry V), who publicly rejects him along with his rather reprehensible companions when fickle Hal assumes the throne following his father's death (Henry IV, Part 2).

Purporting to set history aright, the narrative offers a Walter Mittyesque version of the infamous rogue's exploits in the boudoir and battlefield. Annotated with snide naysaying asides from his stepson, this delightfully raucous, slyly insightful fable gently closes the book on Falstaff as a bittersweet metaphor for the foibles of everyman.

Editorial Reviews:

Robert Nyes imaginative and licentious "autobiography" of Shakespeares fictional character Falstaff is a bawdy, voice-driven novel that flourishes in the audiobook format. The exuberant performance of English actor John Lee contributes the larger-than-life quality called for by one of the most famous comic personalities in the Bards oeuvre.

At 16 hours, Falstaff: A Novel barely clocks in as one of Lees longer narrations. The actor has a reputation for stamina, having performed the thick tomes of James Joyce and Ken Follett to great acclaim. Lee has repeatedly won Best Voice awards. In an interview with AudioFile magazine, he declared, "I love doing audiobooks, because its as close as you get to good theater without being in one."

Members Reviews:

Several problems with this Version.

This version has several errors. In many places the number one (1) has been transposed with the letter I. Several words are garbled because of this mix of letters and numerals. Entire chapters have the letter y chopped at the bottom, and if looks like a v.

Too long for this century

I didn't finish this book. Maybe one day. The writing style is great, however, it is also tiring and difficult to follow. If it was a bit shorter maybe it would be easier to read.

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Title: Fujisan

Author: Randy Taguchi, Raj Mahtani (translator)

Narrator: Brian Nishii

Format: Unabridged

Length: 6 hrs and 50 mins

Language: English

Release date: 12-08-12

Publisher: Brilliance Audio

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 6 votes

Genres: Fiction, Historical

Publisher's Summary:

Okano, a convenience store employee with a troubled past, is but one of the many unforgettable characters found in this collection of four stories. Among the others are three boys facing a frightening lesson in mortality, a woman using garbage to fill a hole in her heart, and a nurse struggling to cope with the oft-brutal cycle of birth, life, and death. Remaining constant even as it fades in and out of view is the great Mount Fuji, one of Japans Three Holy Mountains. It serves as the anchor for these characters lives, and for Randy Taguchis Fujisan, an exploration of redemption, discovery, loss, and remembrance - and the eternal bond with the mystical natural powers that connect us all.

Members Reviews:

Japanese Culture?

While I stories rather on the daark side (several times I thought of the possible comments that could have/would have ben made by college psych profs) Taguchi's use of language is marvelous: flowing, drifting like a cool summer river. Not knowing much about Japanese culture, I often wondered if my own western culture bias kept me from fully understanding the events and thoughts of the 4 main characters. Even so, the book was unusual in the word pictures painted and the ideas developed.

4 introspective shorts

I found this work to be pretty enjoyable, though I tend to agree with other reviewers that Japanophiles, especially those who have spent some time in Japan, will get the most mileage out of it. This is mostly because the book relies a lot on a background knowledge of day-to-day life in that country--I can imagine being pretty bewildered without at least some cursory knowledge of how daily life goes on there.

Also agree with other reviewers' critiques of the translation here. Apparently this is this translator's first "literary" translation, and I'm afraid it shows in awkward choices for some things would should probably just be transliterated, while others would be preferable if presented in a more standard, less slang-y fashion.

I have to say the emotional content of these stories is pretty high, and I found them all engaging in different ways. This seems strange because the characters telling the story never directly appeal to the reader for empathy in any real sense--I can't say I found any one of them especially endearing or sympathetic. Yet the stories are pretty gripping, in their own way, and I think they do a good job of giving some insight into life in contemporary Japan, now nearly 20-years into a recession with no end in sight.

Overall, this is short, easily digestible collection that would benefit from being a bit more accessible and cleanly translated.

Three Stars

Interesting stories, but not my cup of tea

An effort to read but I'm glad I did.

Four thoughtful and moving short stories set in the shadow of Mount Fuji. The translation was jarring at first, but I grew accustomed to the awkward language. I found the characters intriguing and wanted to learn more about them. It wasn't a smooth read, but I'm glad I kept at it.

Thoughtful, original stories with great characters. Not for those who are looking for action or excitement though.

These were very interesting and original stories. They were not like any short stories I have read before. They were very thoughtful in their nature.

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Title: The Secret Keeper

Subtitle: A Novel of Kateryn Parr

Author: Sandra Byrd

Narrator: Elizabeth Jasicki

Format: Unabridged

Length: 11 hrs and 14 mins

Language: English

Release date: 11-07-12

Publisher: Recorded Books

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 17 votes

Genres: Fiction, Historical

Publisher's Summary:

Christy Award finalist Sandra Byrd has drawn favorable comparisons to New York Times best-selling author Philippa Gregory for her Ladies in Waiting novels. The second installment in the series transports listeners to King Henry VIIIs court for a tale of intrigue featuring Henrys last wife, Kateryn Parr.

Members Reviews:

It is a bit hard to get into and I still got lost.

What was your reaction to the ending? (No spoilers please!)

I am still trying to get to it, I find myself having to go back and relisten to it

What did you like about the performance? What did you dislike?

Not enough personalty of the characters